Strike The Gay Harp

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 16th 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 99 tunebooks.

Also known as Fitzpatrick's, Jackson's Night Cap, The Night Dance, Strike The Gay Harper.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Dark Horse by Martin Murray
• A Sound Skin by Junior Davey And Friends
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Lynn Saoirse
• Champion Of Champions by Sean Maguire
• Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
• Draw The Bow by Malachy Bourke
• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Gaughan by Dick Gaughan
• Golden Lights And Green Shadows by Grainne Hambly
• Goldfiddle by Matt McGranaghan
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Lynn Saoirse
• Irish Traditional Music by Jim McKillop
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Lynn Saoirse
• Legacy by The Dunne Family
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Music From The Coleman Country by Lynn Saoirse
• Northern Tradition by Mary Mulholland
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
• The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
• The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Groves by Laurel Martin
• The View Across The Valley by The Brady Family
• Traditional Irish Dance Music by Lynn Saoirse
• Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff
• With Friends Like These by James Keane
• With Friends Like These by Lynn Saoirse
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Lynn Saoirse

X: 1
T: Strike The Gay Harp
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
d2B cBA|dAF FED|d2B cAA|dAF EFA|
def Bcd|ABA F2 E|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|
dcd fdf|aba afe|def afa|bge edB|
def afa|bgb a2g|fed dfe|dAF EFA:|
def def|dAF DFA|def def|dAF F2A|
def Bcd|ABA F2 E|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|

Nice Jig

I heard this piece off a Cheiftan's Release many years ago. It is in the Oneil's tunebook but they added a lot of ornamentation. Here is the simplified version. Enjoy.

Mark

# Posted on December 16th 2002 by Mark Cordova

Lovely tune

This is a nice pretty one. I've had it half-arranged on guitar for years, but it sounds great on a whistle.
It's a tricky one on the harmonica, but I suppose I should learn it there too, just for the play on the name...

# Posted on December 16th 2002 by Jon Kiparsky

Minor variation

A local piper here in Toronto makes the last line (that is, the second half of the C section) sound like this:

def B3|ABA GFE|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|

which, I think, rocks.

---Michael B.

# Posted on August 20th 2003 by MichaelBolton